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Introducing Your Kids to Superheroes in Contemporary Art

February 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
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I feel blessed to live right near NYC.  Not only can I enjoy what NYC has to offer but every now and then something unique ends up right outside my door.  This one happens to be in Riverdale, New York and appeals to the culture vulture part of me. Elisa Contemporary Art presents My Hero, a new art exhibit focusing on Superheroes in today’s contemporary art. The exhibit runs though March 31st, 2012 and the gallery will be offering workshops to introduce the work to children later this month and in March. From the days of Greek and Roman Gods and … [Read more...]

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Our Visit to the London Museum of Jewish Life

July 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I'm very interested in Jewish life around the world, so on our recent visit to London when my kids and had just a few hours to do some exploring, I led them to the city's Jewish Museum called the London Museum of Jewish Life.  Located in one of my favorite London neighborhoods, Camden, it was rather easy for us to get to from our hotel in Belsize Park in an old Victorian building. The museum was founded in 1983 as the Museum of the Jewish East End with the aim of rescuing and preserving the disappearing heritage of London's East End – the … [Read more...]

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NYC with Kids: Jim Henson’s Fantastic World at MOMI

July 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Jim Henson, the internationally known creative figure whose work encompassed film, television, and puppetry, made elaborate imaginary worlds filled with unique characters, objects, and environments. A major exhibition devoted to his work, Jim Henson’s Fantastic World, will open at Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, July 16, 2011 and continue through Monday, January 16, 2012. For itsNew York run, the Smithsonian traveling exhibition will be enhanced by an array of programs, talks, and performances, including special screenings, personal … [Read more...]

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FREE NYC with Kids: 2011 Dumbo Arts Festival

July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The DUMBO Arts Festival returns this year to showcase local, national and international artwork amidst the spectacular backdrop of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and the New York Cityskyline.  The multidisciplinary Festival will include visual and performance art, open studios, music and literature, family programming and more.  The Festival runs from September 23-25, 2011, in the DUMBO neighborhood ofBrooklyn, New York. The Festival, currently in its 15th year, will present artwork in DUMBO studios, galleries, storefronts, performances … [Read more...]

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L.A. Family Fun Tip: The Zimmer Children’s Museum

July 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The Zimmer Children’s Museum is a non-profit cultural institution located on Museum Row in Los Angeles, featuring hands-on exhibits for children 0-8 to explore BIG IDEAS in creative and inspiring settings. The Zimmer is also the only museum dedicated specifically to kids and families in Los Angeles. An interactive space for learning, play, imagination, and exploration, our exhibits, some of which have Jewish themes, offer hours of fun and discovery. Through the power of play, children will learn about human values such as respect for others, … [Read more...]

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Guest post: Gibney Dance RETROSPECTIVE Concert

May 7, 2011 By Stephanie Mas Leave a Comment
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Gibney Dance celebrates 20 years of evocative choreography with a retrospective season at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Retro-ACTIVE will showcase Gina Gibney’s richly textured and intellectually challenging choreography featuring excerpts from Several Truths (2001), Time Remaining (2002), unbounded (2005), Thrown (2004), and View Partially Obstructed (2009). Curated by current company members Natsuki Arai, Andrew Avery, Courtney Drasner, Lily Ockwell and Joshua Palmer, four of these five pieces were adapted to include male dancers. Ailey Citigroup … [Read more...]

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Family Day at the Jewish Museum on May 15th

April 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
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The Jewish Museum will present a fun-filled, multi-generational family day celebrating the vibrant worlds of illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman and artist Henri Matisse on Sunday, May 15th from 12 noon to 4 pm.  Highlights of day the include two performances by Bash the Trash, a huge art workshop, and family gallery hunts.  The Maira + Matisse Family Day is inspired by the current exhibitions, Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) and Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore. This … [Read more...]

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New York City – This Week’s Top Five Arts Picks from NYC ARTS

March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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1. Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theatre (started February 28th) Based on the 1994 movie, this musical centers on three friends—two drag queens and a transsexual—who hop aboard a battered lavender bus named Priscilla and take their show to the middle of the Australian outback.  It's playing through Sunday, December 18th, 2011.  Priscilla Queen of the Desert had its world premiere in Sydney in 2006 and has gone on to become the most successful Australian musical of all time. Tickets cost $50-125. 2. Admission Discounts: Museum … [Read more...]

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The Culture Mom Partners with NYC Alliance for the Arts

February 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
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I am happy to report my involvement with NYC Alliance for the Arts.  It's an organization that is in line with everything that The Culture Mom stands for and which I am about: the arts and advocacy.  I 'm also about New York City, the city that had me to drawn to it the moment I first set my eyes on it at age 15.  It was my destiny to live here and I have devoured every minute that I been in this city, filling my time with theater, music, dance, art and charity work.  These are the areas that I do try to stress on my blog, and I am happy to partner … [Read more...]

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A Kid for a Day at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk

November 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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I was very happy to be invited to a special event at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Connecticut last week called Kid for a Day. The event was in lieu of the museum's re-opening after two years of construction and a few months of closure during renovations. They are re-opening this weekend, and about twenty of us were  given a sneak peek at the museum's new wing.  The museum has always been a big part of my own children's lives, and I was eager to see all the improvements up close.  Oh, and of course I wanted to be a kid for the … [Read more...]

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